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  1. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I saw Great Grey Shrike today, which turned out to be an addition to the world list! A short search last week (after I had heard about it) had been fruitless, but the bird resides in a huge sand/gravel quarry with only one viewpoint. I had hoped one would show up on my local patch, but it is...
  2. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    The first Spotted Redshank on my local patch for four years was an unexpected addition to my green list.
  3. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    The last lifer I cycled to was a Rustic Bunting in Noordwijk (NL), back in 2002 (when I still lived close to the coast). I did see a few lifers by public transport after that, with the last one being the famous Cley White-crowned Sparrow. A lifer within cycling distance in Germany seems...
  4. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Two plovers added to my list (Common Ringed and European Golden), sadly both heard only!
  5. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I was too lazy to cycle to a Purple Heron that was 1.5 h away... It was also much easier to photograph from the car (I'll stick to that excuse). (Middle Spotted Woodpecker is not too hard to find for me, but I still enjoyed adding it to my "house list" this week!)
  6. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I was on about two Penduline Tits a year when I started birding at my current location, but it's been four years since I saw one... The next four weeks are the best time of the year. I always hope for Ortolan Bunting, Tawny Pipit and Dotterel in early September, but it's been another blank year...
  7. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I think you're still ahead! https://old.observations.be/user/lifelist/50000?lang=en&jaar=2021
  8. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Well I missed Nightjar this year which breeds mightily close... just not at its traditional spot this year. I usually just cycle 5 km, look at the sky and go home. But with no daily commute to the office, I need to move in some other way! Also the Eifel, one of my favourite areas that requires...
  9. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    After my holidays (which despite multiple 10 hour walks in the mountains I really cannot classify as green) I went for a 90 km bike ride to the river Rhine today which delivered Yellow-legged Gull, Spoonbill, Little Egret (the only twitch of the lot) and best of all a Black Stork.
  10. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I've driven through the North York Moors and anyone mad enough to cycle there definitely earns my highest respect!
  11. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Best of luck with the albatross! I made two unsuccessful trips to Helgoland (which were otherwise no punishment) for it. Sylt (a six hour drive at least) was too far for me. I saw Black Swan on my local patch, but adding that to my list is really, really pushing it!
  12. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Another nice surprise today: Melodious Warbler. The second one I found locally in ten years. Even more surprisingly an addition for the world list. Unfortunately an attempt at refinding a Lesser Spotted Eagle yesterday failed: that would have been a nice addition with any mode of transport!
  13. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Northern Ruhr Area, Germany. There had been a few dozen in the Low Countries in recent days, so I was (if ever so slightly) hopeful.
  14. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    A most excellent addition to my green & patch list: two Griffon Vultures migrating past this morning! (Can I hear Gerald yawning?)
  15. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Had to search too far back for the list!
  16. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Sadly I don't manage to see them every year anymore, but Gerald really should have managed. Another one that used to be common is Grey Partridge, which I happened to add today (it was nicely quiet with everyone watching Germany lose). I don't think all the birds around here are truly wild, but...
  17. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I should try for Nightjar again this week. A non-green search at my favourite spot last weekend failed. At least I should have the opportunity to add Long-eared Owl (there were young birds calling).
  18. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I finally managed to find a Little Owl, although they occur really close to my home. The curfew was a bit of a spanner in the works!
  19. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    After two weeks without a functioning bicycle I am mobile again, but my addition comes from the home office: a Serin was calling from a nearby spruce. I see about one a year locally and most of these in flight only.
  20. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    That obviously means I forgot to add Whinchat, how inconsiderate of me!
  21. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    I still have a few nightbirds that I should be able to add. I have no excuse now the curfew is lifted (do unsuitable weather, laziness and incompetence count?) Edit: Montague's Harrier today!
  22. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    50 m or so. I live at 35 m. It's quite a climb for a Dutchman! It has more to do with habitat. The Common Treecreepers are mostly in places with big spruce and oak trees.
  23. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    After a couple of attempts I finally managed to hear (but not see) Common Treecreeper to get it onto the green list. It is very local around here (I have found just three sites within a 10 mile radius): Short-toed Treecreeper dominates.
  24. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    A 70 km bike ride provided Common Quail (heard only of course...), which I couldn't believe was new for the world list.
  25. Xenospiza

    Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread

    Golden Oriole today. That's always a nice surprise on my local patch as they occur about once a year. This morning was exceptional: I heard one and saw another – another observer even heard a third bird simultaneously!
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